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Pearson to have lunch with Queen

Australia's athletics queen Sally Pearson will have lunch with the real thing in the Commonwealth Games athletes village on Thursday.

Pearson and rugby sevens captain Ed Jenkins will join athletes from the other 70 competing teams in the village dining hall as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit the first day of competition at the Glasgow Games.

The Olympic hurdles champion and Jenkins were chosen as Australia's representatives at the lunch by the team's athlete liaison officer.

After opening the Games on Wednesday night, the Queen was up early to drop in to the hockey, where Australia's women play Malaysia in their first pool game, and was then to take in some swimming heats before heading for lunch.